"He wrapped the raccoon in his coat and held it against his chest as he drove for over an hour"
Maybe the raccon wasn't a hugger. He's injured, wakes up, looks into the eyes of a strange man is hugging him. His first thought is going to be, "Did somebody slip me a roofie?"
I saw a coon in a park one day acting weird. It had patches of hair missing and just looked sick. Becuase of the kids using the park I ran over it with a dump truck. Threw it in the bed and drove to the health dept. They said bring it in. I went out to get it and the smell of skunk was overpowering. I went in and said, I've made a mistake. That poor coon must have been sprayed by a skunk. The health guy said did you smell skunk when you killed it? Nope. But you smell skunk now? Yup. He said you got a rabid coon. He said a rabid animal after dead a while gives off a skunk odor. They tested the brain and it was rabid. Brighteyes
I wonder about people sometimes, racoons are well known carriers of rabies.. What single braincell drives someone to do what he did makes no sense to me. JD
Had an injured/rabid raccoon on the street right in front of my driveway on a busy road on Long Island years ago. I arrived home from work to find no fewer than 3 cop cars blocking off the road and half a dozen badge boys milling around watching the damned thing struggle. I had to park on a side street and walk back to my house. I asked what was up, and was told that they were waiting for a rifle with low velocity rounds to be delivered so that they could put the animal out of its misery. Took over an hour and traffic was backed up for a mile in each direction. This was New York, so I didn't tell da boys in blue that I could hook them up with just about any type of munition they might want. They did borrow a razorback shovel and a few trash bags to dispose of the creature, though.
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When you see a wild animal in distress and try to give it mouth to mouth resuscitation FAFO more than fits the bill.
ReplyDelete"He wrapped the raccoon in his coat and held it against his chest as he drove for over an hour"
ReplyDeleteMaybe the raccon wasn't a hugger. He's injured, wakes up, looks into the eyes of a strange man is hugging him. His first thought is going to be, "Did somebody slip me a roofie?"
You owe me a cup of coffee..
DeleteI saw a coon in a park one day acting weird. It had patches of hair missing and just looked sick. Becuase of the kids using the park I ran over it with a dump truck. Threw it in the bed and drove to the health dept. They said bring it in. I went out to get it and the smell of skunk was overpowering. I went in and said, I've made a mistake. That poor coon must have been sprayed by a skunk. The health guy said did you smell skunk when you killed it? Nope. But you smell skunk now? Yup. He said you got a rabid coon. He said a rabid animal after dead a while gives off a skunk odor. They tested the brain and it was rabid. Brighteyes
ReplyDeleteI wonder about people sometimes, racoons are well known carriers of rabies.. What single braincell drives someone to do what he did makes no sense to me.
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Had an injured/rabid raccoon on the street right in front of my driveway on a busy road on Long Island years ago. I arrived home from work to find no fewer than 3 cop cars blocking off the road and half a dozen badge boys milling around watching the damned thing struggle. I had to park on a side street and walk back to my house. I asked what was up, and was told that they were waiting for a rifle with low velocity rounds to be delivered so that they could put the animal out of its misery. Took over an hour and traffic was backed up for a mile in each direction. This was New York, so I didn't tell da boys in blue that I could hook them up with just about any type of munition they might want. They did borrow a razorback shovel and a few trash bags to dispose of the creature, though.
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